Wednesday, September 2, 2020

Desert Island Discs Vol. 2 - Kraftwerk

 - Kraftwerk -

"Autobahn"

Kraftwerk Background -

German band formed in 1970 by Ralf Hutter and Florian Schneider

Innovator of electronic music

Electronic instrumentation - Synthesizers, Drum machines, Vocoders

Honors -

Influenced modern music - synth pop, hip hop, post punk, techno, ambient, club music

Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award (2014)

Grammy Award for Best Dance/Electronic Album (2018)*

*3-D The Catalogue live album (2017)

Discography -

Kraftwerk (1970)

Kraftwerk 2 (1972)

Ralf und Florian (1973)

Autobahn (1974)

Radio-Activity (1975)

Trans-Europe Express (1977)

The Man-Machine (1978)

Computer World (1981)

Electric Cafe (1986)

Tour de France Soundtracks (2003)

Refer to Wikipedia for a full history of Kraftwerk.

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